PIJIP Professor Jaszi in Chronicle of Higher Education: Pushing Back Against Legal Threats by Putting Fair Use Forward

A dynamic professorial duo leaps to the defense of beleaguered scholars

By Jeffrey R. YoungChronicle of Higher EducationMay 29, 2011

A rarely discussed form of self-censorship happens routinely
on college campuses. Professors and graduate students choose not to
tackle academic arguments that involve music, movies, or other forms of
popular culture. They worry that including relevant clips in their work
means the hassle and expense of getting copyright permission for each
snippet.

But in many cases, scholars can use this material without
breaking the law, even if they never ask the rights holders and even if
they hope to profit from their resulting academic books.

That's the argument made by two scholars at American
University—Patricia Aufderheide, a film-studies professor, and Peter
Jaszi, a law professor—in a new book called Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put Balance Back in Copyright.